TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hughes,Dewi Arwel
TI  - Power and poverty: divine and human rule in a world of need 
SN  - 9780830828098 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - BS680.P47 H84 2008
U1  - 261.8/325 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Downers Grove, Ill.
PB  - IVP Academic
KW  - Poverty in the Bible
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Power (Christian theology)
KW  - Christian life
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-245) and index; Finding the roots of poverty in Genesis 1-11 -- God's covenant with Abraham and its significance in the history of redemption -- Divinely ordained government in the Old Testament -- The laws to prevent poverty -- Welfare law and what it implies about being poor -- The glory and inadequacy of the Mosaic covenant -- Jesus the supreme ruler -- What Jesus did : the acts of the supreme ruler -- What Jesus taught : the Beatitudes -- What Jesus taught : strategies for kingdom living -- What Jesus is doing : the work of the Holy Spirit -- What Jesus is going to do : the final judgment -- The ordered society of the supreme ruler -- The church is a joyful community -- The church is a community who speak God's words
ER  -